Kinematics CPP

(Motion with uniform acceleration)

1. In a car race, a car A takes a time t less than te car B at the finish and passes the finishing
v more than the car B. If the cars start from rest and move with
point with a velocity
v= a 1 a 2 t .
constant acceleration a 1 and a 2 respectively, prove that
2. A car while moving with a constant acceleration from rest, covers the distances a, b and c
during time x th , y th and z th seconds respectively, from the starting. Prove that
a (y z) + b (z x) + c (x y) = 0.
3. A stone is hanging by a thread from a baloon which is moving up with upward acceleration
a . Find the total time of motion of the stone when the strings is cut after a time t 0 from
starting of the baloon from rest.
Answer : t 0 [ 1+

2a
a
a
+
(1+ ) ]
g
g
g

4. A particle is projected vertically up from the ground at t = 0 and reaches a height h at t = T.

Find the maximum height attained by the particle.
( g T 2+2 h)2
Answer :
2
8 gT
5. A diwali rocket ascends with an upward acceleration 20 m/ s 2 from rest at t = 0. The fuel
gets axahusted at t = 10 s and it contonues to move up. Find the:
a) maximum height attained
b) total time elapsed
c) total distance covered
Answer : a) 300 m

b) 30 s

c) 600 m

6. Two stones are simultaneously thrown vertically up from the top and bottom of a pillar of
height 20 m, with speeds 10 m /s and 20 m/s respectively. When and where do the stones
meet?
Answer : at t=2 , top of the pillar
7. A coin is dropped from the roof of an elevator which moves up with an upward deceleration
a . If it strike the base of the elevator after a time t 0 with a velocity v 0 , find the:
a) average velocity
b) average speed of the coin
g t 0
2
Answer :
2
g t 0
1 v0
b)
[
+(u t 0g t 20 )]
t0
2g
a) v0

8. A car applies its brakes when its speed is v 0 . It stops after covering a distance x with a

constant deceleration a. Find the average velocity of the car over a time interval between its
application of brakes and stop.
Answer :

v0
2

9. A stone is dropped from a bridge. After a time T from dropping off the stone, a person on the
bridge hear the splashing sound of the stone. Prove that the height of the bridge is given by
h 2 2h
the equation (T ) =
, where v = speed of sound.
v
g
10. Two car start moving simultaneously from same spot with velocities v 1 and v 2 and
travel unidirecctionally with acceleration a 1 and a 2 respectively. Find the distance
covered by each car before they meet again.
Answer :

2(v 1v 2 )(v 1 a 2v 2 a1 )
( a1a 2) 2

11. A man at A starts accelerating from rest with a = 2 m/ s 2 . At the same time another man
at B , situated at a distance of 12 m behind the man A starts moving with v = 8 m/s . Find the
distance traversed by A before B meets A.
B overtakes A at t = 2 s , A overtakes B at t = 6 s
S B=16 m , S A=4 m during first 2 seconds
Answer :
S B =48 m , S A=36 m during first 6 seconds
12. A man is l=9 m behind the door of a train when it starts moving with acceleration
a=2 m/ s2 . The man run at full speed. How far does he have to run and after what time
does he get into the train? What is his full speed?
Answer : t = 3 s , s = 18 m , v=6 m/ s
13. A body travels half of its total path in the last seconds of its fall from rest. Find the height
from which it falls and time of flight.
Answer : t = 3.41 s , s = 57.1 m
14. Two trains, each with a speed of 50 kmph and headed towards each other on the same track.
A bird that can fly at 100 kmph flies off one train when they are 100 km apart and heads
directly to the other train. On reaching the other train it flies back to the first train and so
forth.
a) How many trips can the bird make from the one train to the other before they crash?
b) What is the total distance the bird travels?
Answer : infinite , s = 100 km
15. A train takes 2 minutes to acquire its full speed of 60 kmph from rest and 1 minute to come
to rest from the full speed. If somewhere in between two stations 1 km of the track is under
repair and the speed limit of this part be 20 kmph, how late will the train be running on
account of this repair work. Assuming that train would have been on time otherwise?

Answer : 2 min 40 sec

16. The driver of a train moving at a speed v 1 sights another train at a distance d ahead of his
train on the same track, moving in the same direction with slower speed v 2 . He puts on
2
( v 1v 2 )
the brake and gives his train a constant deceleration a . Show that if d >
there
2a
(v 1v 2 )2
will be no collision and if d <
, the train will collide.
2a
17. A truck has to carry a load in the shortest time from one point to another at a distance L
from the first. It can only start up or slow down at the same acceleration a. What maximum
velocity must the truck attain to satisfy this condition.
Answer :

La

18. Two cars cover the distance between two stations in 2 hours. The first car covers the first
half of the distance at 20 kmph and the second half at 60 kmph and the second car covers the
distance with unform acceleration, starting with the velocity of 10 kmph. At what
instant/instants will the two cars have the same velocity?
Answer : 0.5 hours , 2.5 hours
19. A steel ball is dropped from the roof of a building. An observer standing in front of a
window 1.2 m high notes that the ball takes 1/8 s to fall from the top to the bottom of the
window. The ball continues to fall, makes a competely elastic collision with a horizontal
sidewalk and reappears at the bottom of the window 2 s after passing it on the way down.
How tall is the building?
Answer : 20.43 m
20. A body begins to move with an initial velocity of 2 m/s and continues to move at a constant
acceleration a. Ten seconds later a second body begins to move from the same point with an
initial velocity of 12 m /s in the same direction with same acceleration. What is the
maximum acceleration at which it would be possible for the second body to overtake the
first?
Answer : 1 m/s 2
21. Two equal masses are connected by a light string passing over a fixed frictionless pulley.
They are set in the motion with uniform speed u. The mass going down is momentarily
stopped and then released immediately. Calculate the time that will elapse before the string
becomes tight again.
Answer : u/g
22. A man with constant time of reaction can stop his car within 30 m when its speed is 72
kmph and within 10 m when its speed is 36 kmph. What is the distance within which he can
stop his car when speeding at 54 kmph?
Answer : 18.75 m

23. A body with zero initial velocity moves down an inclined plane from a height h and then
ascends same plane with an initial velocity such that it can stops at the same height h. In
which case is the time of motion longer?
Answer :

Without friction , Time of ascent and Time of descent will be equal

With friction , Time of ascent will be shorter than Time of descent

24. At a distance L = 400 m from the traffic light, brakes are applied to a locomotive moving at
a velocity v = 54 km/h. Determine the position of the locomotive relative to the traffic light
1 min after the application of brakes if its acceleration a = 0.3 m/s 2 .
Answer : 25 m
25. A helicopter takes off along the vertical with an acceleration a = 3 m/s 2 and zero initial
velocity. In a certain time t 1 , the pilot switches off the engine. At the point of take-off, the
sound dies away in a time t 2 = 30 s. Determine the velocity v of the helicopter at the
moment when its engine is switched off, assuming that velocity c of sound is 320 m/s.
Answer : 80 m/s
26. A point mass starts moving in a straight line with a constant acceleration a. At the time t 1
after the beginning of the motion, acceleration changes sign, remaining the same in
magnitude. Determine the time t from the begining of motion in which the point mass
returns to the initial position.
Answer : t 1(2+ 2)
27. Two bodies move in a straight line towards each other at initil velocities v 1 and v 2 and
with constant acceleations a 1 and a 2 directed against the corresponding velocities at the
initial instant. What must be maximum initial separation l max between the bodies for
which they meet during the motion?
2

Answer :

( v 1+v 2 )
2(a1+a 2)

28. A car starts moving rectilinarly, first with acceleration w = 5 m/ s 2 (the initiial velocity
being equal to zero), then uniformly and finally decelarating at the same rate w, comes to the
stop. The total time of motion equals = 25 s. The average velocity during that time is
equal to <v> = 72 kmph. How long does the car move uniformly?
Answer : t = 14 < v >/ w = 15 s